EDITORIAL
Salient features of the new Chinese Maritime Code
Časlav PejovIć

ANALYSIS OF RECENT CASES AND CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS
The Vlaams Gewest case: inability of a British company to invoke EU law and the TCA before EU courts following Brexit
PhIlippe Corruble
Vlaams Gewest v P&O North Sea Ferries Limited
CJEU Case C–413/24

ARTICLES
The validity of jurisdiction clauses in bills of lading: the ECJ’s Maersk/Allianz decision
Frank Stevens
Erasmus University, Rotterdam

Bills of lading almost invariably contain a jurisdiction clause which have often sparked debate and this article analyses the Maersk/Allianz decision against the background of earlier ECJ decisions on prorogation clauses.

Functional equivalency in practice: deconstructing the UK Workboat Code’s Annex 2 as a proto-code for maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS)
GOGO GEORGE NTOR
Auckland University of Technology

This article provides the IMO and MASS operators with practical evidence regarding the potential and limits of functional equivalency, which is expected to inform current or future negotiations leading to the adoption of a MASS Code.

Operational efficiency versus employment orders: the carbon intensity indicator in time charterparties
Ali Ulvi Sahin
University of Southampton Maritime Law Institute
Jingzhong Chen
Law School, Sun Yat-sen University

This article contends that under the Braganza principle  discretion must be constrained to preserve contractual balance, doctrinal coherence and commercial certainty.

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REPORTS
Electronic transport documents under the Rotterdam Rules: implications for Taiwan’s legal reform
Yen-Hsu Lin
Chou Wen Hsiang
Liu Chun Chang
National Taiwan Ocean University
The author and publisher apologise for the inclusion of an invalid footnote (fn 20 on pg 272) in an earlier version of this article. The correct text is now available online.

Book Review

Bareboat Charters
Edward Jones, James Leabeater KC,
Rani Noakes, Sean O'Sullivan KC,
Robert Scrivener,Thomas Steward,
James Watthey and Alexander Wright KC

Index of cases

Index of legislation

Index